by Dudley Coulter | Jun 17, 2020 | Advocacy, Articles, News
Less than half of 1 per cent.In a country where 98 per cent of all businesses are small businesses, that is how much of Canada’s total licensed pot cultivation space is controlled by small businesses. The figure also represents a generous estimate for the level of...
by Dudley Coulter | Jun 13, 2020 | Advocacy, Articles, News
The nondescript storefront in the 1100-block of Kingsway has paper covering all of its windows except for a neon “open” sign that is still illuminated just before 11 p.m. on a Sunday.The yellow awning overhead suggests the building houses an auto repair shop.Read more...
by Dudley Coulter | Jun 13, 2020 | Articles, News
Opinion: Strengthening our agricultural sector can help expand our economy while producing enough food to support both domestic and export markets.Earlier this year, I had the opportunity to serve as the chair for the province’s Food Security Task Force. My colleagues...
by Dudley Coulter | Jun 2, 2020 | Articles, News
Some of the biggest cannabis players when legalization took effect 20 months ago have successfully held on to their dominant positions, despite a year of bankruptcies, downsizings, revoked licences, executive firings, mass layoffs and a long market...
by Dudley Coulter | Jun 1, 2020 | Advocacy, Articles, News
Sean Eckford, BIVA newly-incorporated craft cannabis co-operative is putting forward a plan to make small-scale, independent cannabis businesses part of B.C.’s post-pandemic economic recovery.Read more at BIV
by Dudley Coulter | May 27, 2020 | Advocacy, Articles, News
Large cannabis growing facilities are up for sale in communities across the province as the industry comes to grips with slower-than-expected sales of government-sanctioned cannabis products.An 18,000-sq.-ft. cannabis cultivation and processing facility is for sale in...
